Simon faibman



S. FA-IRMAN.

GAR-COUPLING.

(No Model.)

Patented Apr. 1'7, 1888..

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UNITED STATES SIMON "FAIRMANQOF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, Assienoa To BENJAMIN e.

HARRIS, OF SAME PLACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 381,352, dated Ap ril 17, 1888. T

Application filed November 23, i887. Serial No. 256,007, (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIMON FAI RMAN,OI' Bal-. timore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Car- Couplings; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same. I v 1 The invention hereinafter-set forth, and for which I desire to obtain Letters Patent ofthe United States, is an improved coupling for railway-cars, designed to be automatic in its operation without the use of springs and to re-- duce the parts to the simplest possible form.

It consists in the special construction and operation'hereinafter described and particularly claimed. It is shown in the accompanyany suitable instrument, so that one headwill ing drawings, in which- I V Figure 1 represents a front perspective view,

the jaws being shown asfseparated.v Fig. 2

represents a central longitudinal section of the entire coupling. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the coupling-link. I

In the drawings,"A represents a fixed part may be-cast or forged,and has a shoulder, a, on the forwardend, projecting outward when the part is bolted to the cross-beam of the carframe. "The rear part has a lug to which themovable jaw is pivoted. I

I The movable jaw B is formed in the. front end like an ordinary draw-head, except that it is open on the upper side and has a shoulder, 12, corresponding to the shoulder onthe part A, being rounded in front and vertical in their rear faces. The cavity in the lower part, B, is adapted to the part A, so that when the movable part is pivoted to the fixed it fits over I the fixed. The rear of the movable part B is provided with an arm, a, slightly bent outward and having on its rearend a weight, 0. This weight keeps the front end of the part B normally closed, so that its shoulder forms, with the shoulder on the fixed part,'a pair of jaws, held together by theweight,but adapted o 1yield and admit the head of the couplingin s. r

The link is formed upon one end with a head, d, approximately arrow-head in shape,

a similar coupling-head in the same plane, but vprovided with an inclined projection, 0, like one side of the arrow-head, and with its vertical face in the same plane as those of the head, but a'quarter turned therefrom.v This construction allows the'coupling-link to be turned so as to bring the plane arrow-head flatwise in the j aws of one car, while the other head is held by the supplemental shoulder e in thejaws of 60 the contiguous car.

In uncoupling, the link maybe turned by be'released while the other is held, and the cars may beithus separated. Each coupling,

fixed part, A, having a shoulder,'a, and-apart, 1

B, hinged thereto, having a cavity fitting over the fixed part, a shoulder correspondingto the: I shoulder a, and a rear weighted arm, all sub 75 I stantially as described. v

2. A coupling-head for cars, composed of a fixed part having a shoulder, a, and a part,B,

hinged thereto, having .a cavityfitting over the fixed part, a shoulder corresponding to the to:

shoulder a, and arearweighted arm, in'combination with a link having arrowhead-shaped ends and the additional half-heads a, substan tially as described.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name 85- to this specification in the presence of two sub.- scribing witnesses.

I SIMON FAIRMAN.

Witnesses: II .INo; T. MADDOX,

HENRY ROTH.

I therefore,is formed of only two parts, one fixed. i 

